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- catalog abstract "In The Feminine Economy and Economic Man, Shirley Burggraf sets the record straight about the true value - and true cost - of the family's work in nurturing and protecting society's "human capital." With startling insight she also shows why we must replace our "charity" attitude toward family with something more appropriate, the same model we use for encouraging other, important economic entities - the model of investment and incentives. Women no longer volunteer to nurture and educate the young, or to take care of the sick and dying, for submarket wages or for no wages at all. A huge transfer of labor has taken place from the Feminine Economy of caregiving into the market-driven world of Economic Man, but economists, persisting in their blind spot, have yet to recognize the full impact of the shift. Thirty years after this free or underpriced labor force began to disappear we see our social structure fraying at the seams. The answer, clearly, is not to send women back home, nor is it for paternalistic government to try to displace the family entirely and take over every caretaking function. The answer is insightful public policy that insures that those who invest most in producing our economy's human capital - the parents, the teachers, the caregivers - be rewarded with real economic incentives rather than lip service and platitudes. A parent's dividend through social security, dramatic revision of our divorce laws, and a parent-driven approach to public education are just a few of the provocative ideas Shirley Burggraf offers for bringing the family back into the center of this vital economic function. Both in its analysis and in its recommendations, this is a book certain to spark heated debate.".
- catalog alternative "Feminine economy & economic man".
- catalog contributor b10145541.
- catalog coverage "United States Economic conditions 1945-".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. The Feminine Economy -- 3. Homo Economicus and Femina Economica -- 4. Where Do Babies Come From? -- 5. The Family Enterprise -- 6. Telling the Truth About Family Values -- 7. Social Security from the Supply Side -- 8. The Marriage Contract -- 9. School Reform and the Family -- 10. Welfare Reform and the Family -- 11. A Summary Argument.".
- catalog description "In The Feminine Economy and Economic Man, Shirley Burggraf sets the record straight about the true value - and true cost - of the family's work in nurturing and protecting society's "human capital." With startling insight she also shows why we must replace our "charity" attitude toward family with something more appropriate, the same model we use for encouraging other, important economic entities - the model of investment and incentives. Women no longer volunteer to nurture and educate the young, or to take care of the sick and dying, for submarket wages or for no wages at all. A huge transfer of labor has taken place from the Feminine Economy of caregiving into the market-driven world of Economic Man, but economists, persisting in their blind spot, have yet to recognize the full impact of the shift. Thirty years after this free or underpriced labor force began to disappear we see our social structure fraying at the seams.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-273) and index.".
- catalog description "The answer, clearly, is not to send women back home, nor is it for paternalistic government to try to displace the family entirely and take over every caretaking function. The answer is insightful public policy that insures that those who invest most in producing our economy's human capital - the parents, the teachers, the caregivers - be rewarded with real economic incentives rather than lip service and platitudes. A parent's dividend through social security, dramatic revision of our divorce laws, and a parent-driven approach to public education are just a few of the provocative ideas Shirley Burggraf offers for bringing the family back into the center of this vital economic function. Both in its analysis and in its recommendations, this is a book certain to spark heated debate.".
- catalog extent "xv, 285 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Feminine economy and economic man.".
- catalog identifier "0201479613 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Feminine economy and economic man.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley,".
- catalog relation "Feminine economy and economic man.".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic conditions 1945-".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306.85 20".
- catalog subject "Child rearing United States.".
- catalog subject "Families Economic aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Family policy United States.".
- catalog subject "HQ536 .B863 1997".
- catalog subject "Motherhood Economic aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Sexual division of labor United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. The Feminine Economy -- 3. Homo Economicus and Femina Economica -- 4. Where Do Babies Come From? -- 5. The Family Enterprise -- 6. Telling the Truth About Family Values -- 7. Social Security from the Supply Side -- 8. The Marriage Contract -- 9. School Reform and the Family -- 10. Welfare Reform and the Family -- 11. A Summary Argument.".
- catalog title "Feminine economy & economic man".
- catalog title "The feminine economy and economic man : reviving the role of family in the post-industrial age / Shirley P. Burggraf.".
- catalog type "text".